....finally, here it is.
We spent this Thanksgiving in Maryland with Bammie and Pa. We left Wednesday morning after traveling to Long Beach Tuesday night. We thought an early start in the car on Wednesday would help us beat the holiday traffic, but alas, no such luck. Part of the problem was that we kind of got lost. I'm embarrased to admit that because we've done the drive a million times and the directions are as easy as possible...basically one road the entire time. But we managed to do it and lost about 45 minutes. To add insult to injury, it was 45 minutes of Lyla sleeping, which meant 45 additional waking minutes in the car.
But, after a long drive, we arrived to two eager grandparents and a pot full of meatballs (a nice light meal before Thanksgiving, right?) Lyla was thrilled to be out of the confines of the car and just wanted to cruise all over the place. She loved hanging out on the counter with Bammie and Pa.
We ate lots of meatballs and celebrated Pa's birthday.
On Thanksgiving morning, Lyla was keeping herself busy waiting for all her cousins and aunts and uncles to arrive. She hung out with Pa, played with her new toys, visited the Spectors and passed out just before the guests arrived.
I think this is such a goofy picture if her but I love it.
"Resting her eyes" just before everyone arrives.
Luckily (in this particular circumstance), she doesn't nap long and didn't miss much of the festivities. She loved seeing Laurie, Sean, Julia, Kelly, John, Nikki, Ari and Leah.
Lyla and Aunt Nikki
Up in the air with Uncle Sean
Lyla and her big cousins.
She had a staring contest with Sean.
Loving all her new toys!
She really loved her horsie.
The bird. It weighed about 4 pounds more than Lyla.
Bammie showing Jules how to baste the turkey
And supervising. Good job Jules :)
John made tasty and pretty cocktails.
I couldn't resist having one (although i don't think I actually finished it...)
Dinner was amazing, as usual. Thanks, Bammie...
And before you knew it, it was clean up time.
Is that a smudge on that glass??
After dinner, we took some nice family portraits.
The rest of the weekend we just hung out, relaxed and ate a lot of leftovers. Me and Jules did a little Black Friday shopping at Target while Lyla held down the fort at home.
Lyla was torn between turkey leftovers and leftover meatballs. Such a dilemma!
We bundled up and went to the park where Julia and Kelly used to play when they were little. We had fun on the swings.
Our last night in town we went to John and Nikki's new house in D.C. It is awesome! Love the red door!
We had a great weekend in Maryland. Lyla loved being with her family and missed them as soon as we got back to New York. She was so upset, we had to let her run around naked in her favorite hat as soon as we got home :)
